http://jackcurtin.com A BLOG ABOUT BEER. WHO EVER DREAMED OF SUCH A THING? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some have been made as you can see. Not what I intended and probably not permanent but, dammit, I needed to do something because I've been stewing over the whole issue all weekend. My mood was slowly going downhill due to a terrible, terrible time finally getting iTunes to let me ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1829 From a just received news release: Thanks to beer, according to a new government report, food is finally welcomed at fine dining establishments and no longer stuck in the ghetto of fast food chains and awful neighborhood diners in which it has languished for decades. After years of decline because ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1828 Eight years ago today, Liquid Diet (then "Liquid Diet Online") went live on this website, two days before its "official" launch as a blog. For a touch of nostalgia and a look at how far we've come (or regressed, you decide), here's a link to the archive of the first ten ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1827 You know, it strikes me that these folks are about to pass Hartranft-Maida in the churning-out-a-new-bar-every-few-months game. That's impressive, but in this celebrity-focused world the former will surely maintain the top spot in public adoration once my movie script, Three Bars & a Baby, gets green-lighted. All we're waiting for ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1826 Yes, I exaggerated just a tad when I suggested last night that the story I just posted at the Beer Yard site was "untold," but, really, not all that much. Unless I've missed it (and you can be sure I will informed right here and real soon if I have), there ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1825 From CNN this morning: (CNN) -- First there was the discovery of dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, but now salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world's oldest beer, taking advertisers' notion of 'drinkability' to another level. Though the effort to lift the reserve of champagne had just ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1824 So I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself because two big interviews fell apart today, plus I have to send in a column to Celebrator Beer News tomorrow and I still don't have it all down right (the beginning is brilliant, though, if I do say so myself), when the phone ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1823 No, I'm not talking about the world-class selection of beers, I'm talking about the chalkboard itself. That's the board above the bar at Teresa's Next Door as of around 4:40 this afternoon, as clean and neat and readable an example as I've ever seen, done by staffer Carissa Just with something ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1822 Photo courtesy of Harpoon Eastern PA sale rep Sean Hamel, taken last year at Ernie's Tin Bar in Petaluma, CA. http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1821 Time to wipe away the tears of frustration about the website issues and get back to work. I am looking for a good story or stories about beer and food pairings, chefs or restaurants who specialize in same or anything unusual (this would be even better) that would fit into ... http://jackcurtin.com/?p=1820